>Users:   login   |  register       > email     > people    


Op-Ed: Youth shake-up needed
By The Intelligencer
Published: 01/04/2008

WEST VIRGINIA - Jails and prisons sometimes are referred to as no more than training centers for criminals. Too often, they do little or nothing to rehabilitate inmates, instead encouraging them to proceed with lives of crime once they are released, say critics.

If a report on Ohio’s prisons for youthful offenders is to be accepted, the Buckeye State is getting an early start on that process. A consultant’s report concludes that the youth prison system doesn’t educate inmates, uses too much force on them, and cannot even keep them safe from fellow prisoners who may prey on them. Read more.

If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source.


Comments:

No comments have been posted for this article.


Login to let us know what you think

User Name:   

Password:       


Forgot password?





correctsource logo




Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of The Corrections Connection User Agreement
The Corrections Connection ©. Copyright 1996 - 2025 © . All Rights Reserved | 15 Mill Wharf Plaza Scituate Mass. 02066 (617) 471 4445 Fax: (617) 608 9015